Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia
The Journals of the House of Burgesses of Virginia are official legislative records of the colonial Virginia assembly, edited by H. R. McIlwaine and John Pendleton Kennedy and published in Richmond by the Virginia State Library, covering proceedings from 1619. The pictures are repeated versions of the colony's coat of arms, with two armoured figures holding spears flanking a shield with a St George cross and four smaller shields, topped by a crowned figure and scrolling foliage, above a 'VIRGINIA' ribbon. A designer could draw on the symmetrical heraldic layout, the scrollwork, and the armoured supporters.
